A few highlights of the week

With another hugely busy week, it looks like the week before Christmas might actually be a quiet(er) one!

Smell the Roses

Squirm’s baptism and the lovely family and friends who all came to celebrate with us. Or meeting Mem Fox and Judy Horacek on Wednesday.

What I’ve Been Reading

The Baby Led Weaning Cookbook for myself. Mem Fox’s Good Night, Sleep Tight with Squirm.

What I’ve Been Doing

We started the week with Squirm’s baptism. Monday then found Squirm and I at Riverbend Bookstore catching up with an old friend before she goes for an adventure in Japan. Monday night brought a bit of a change to Squirm’s personality after we discovered his very first tooth coming through! On Wednesday we braved the great outdoors and went out to see Perks of Being a Wallflower at the movies, before heading to Chermside Library to hear Mem Fox and Judy Horacek speak (they were amazing). On Thursday we went down to Ikea to pick up Squirm’s first high chair and a few other things, before making our library visit for the week. Then we spent Friday at my old school and my current school being fed and finishing up the school year 🙂 At the same time I indulged in some cooking, turning out some different dinners and even making bread for the first time!

What have you smiled at, read or done this week?

Oh what a busy week! I was going to wrap things up last night, but then I fell asleep feeding the baby!

Smell the Roses

Oh – the trip to Stradbroke Island was an absolute winner. It is such a beautiful place!

What I’ve Been Reading

The complete Trebizon school series for me, Christmas books with Squirm

What I’ve Been Doing

Mr Pilot and I took Squirm over to Stradbroke Island to meet up with a friend for her 40th birthday. Squirm also had his first dip in the ocean then. We had a Christmas party with friends on Sunday night, then suffered through two incredibly hot days. On Wednesday, we popped into the city to see Santa and also saw the Christmas windows and carollers and took a trip to the city library. Thursday was our ABA Christmas picnic and on Friday Mr Pilot stayed home to help get ready for Squirm’s baptism tomorrow!

Favourite Blog Post of the Week

• Book Activity: The Sugar Plum Fairy at My Little Bookcase
  I loved how this activity had so many good learning elements to it!

What have you smiled at, read or done this week?

A few things from this week

Smell the Roses

So many good things this week! Yummy cupcakes, organic food, talking with wonderful people, sending out the invitations for Squirm’s Baptism, finding Squirm’s baptism outfit (thank goodness), and visiting an awesome library and art gallery!

On that last point, if you can get to Caboolture, go and check out their art gallery (next to the library). It is an amazing space and the exhibition I saw was absolutely brilliant – and is showing for another couple of weeks. The upcoming exhibitions also look really good, so I’m hoping to get up and see them soon.

What I’ve Been Reading

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky and Kiss Me! by Carlos Gonzalos for me. Let’s Go, Baby-o! by Janet and Andrew McLean, My Heart is Like a Zoo by Michael Hall and Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle for Squirm

What I’ve Been Doing

After a really busy week last week, we took things a bit easier this week. On Monday I headed north to the much recommended Caboolture Library (which will be reviewed on Monday) before stopping by Spotlight (yay!) on the way home. Tuesday was the Bloggers Brunch and then over to Mother’s Direct to buy some books and a new carrier for Mr Pilot. Wednesday was calm (or not so much) at home, and yesterday I escaped the heat for a while in the shopping centre.

Favourite Blog Posts of the Week

• Libraries are for Everyone – Even Babies : This isn’t a new article, it’s one I researched for a blog post earlier in the week. I love it!
• I’d Be Happy to be a Scuba Diver by Mountains and Musings. This really resonated with me. I need a new phone (mine is 4 years old and dying), and a smart phone would be ideal, but I am worried about how wrapped up I would get with it
• My Strict Magazine Rules from Edenland. This made me laugh so much! I am awful with this – I hate it when my husband flicks through my Good Reading magazine before I’ve read it from cover to cover. And don’t even ask what he and Squirm did to the Spotlight catalogue!
• December Photo a Day by Fat Mum Slim. I’m doing this for the first time – maybe December isn’t the best month to try, what with Christmas and my birthday, but it’s totally worth a try!

What have you smiled at, read or done this week?

Nudgee Beach

Originally, I was doing a Smell The Roses post at the end of the week. I’m graduating that to a Weekly Wrap-up, mostly so I can talk about more. You can find Smell the Roses posts here.

Smell the Roses

This has been an extremely busy week, but there were two particular highlights. First was seeing my Aunt, who I hadn’t seen in over a year. We went to the library together, before going to visit my grandparents. The second highlight was going to see A Chorus Line which was AMAZING!

What I’ve Been Reading

Itsy-Bitsy Babies and Peggy with Squirm. Get Her Off the Pitch and Pro-Blogger for me.

What I’ve Been Doing

After a weekend of storms, my ‘working’ week started with a library visit to Chermside, which was amazing and I’ll review on Monday. I then braved the outside world on my own, leaving Squirm and Mr Pilot alone while I went to A Chorus Line. On Wednesday I went out with my sister and my parents for a great walk around the Nudgee Beach waterways. Then I met up with a group of Baby-wearing mums yesterday. Finally, I finished off by spending some quiet time at a cafe while Squirm finally slept. It was a very busy week!

Favourite Blog Posts of the Week

• Blogging Mums Need Respect Too from Essentially Jess
• Scouts Help Make a McHappy Day from iSophie

What have you smiled at, read or done this week?